![]() ![]() But surely a well-read book, which seeks to give a clear overview of the literature since the Gothic novel and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – without any self-puffery. Much praised, much damned, its wit, brio, and good humour often overlooked. This was the first book to go through Margaret Aldiss’s Olivetti word processor. The greate expansion of interest is reflected in the extended length of Trillion, 275,000 words long, against Billion’s 140,000 words. Much had happened in the SF world between 19. The whole story has been brought up-to-date.Ī revised and enlarged version of Billion Year Spree. In 1943, he joined the Royal Signals regiment, and saw action in Burma. This new version, twice the size of the old one, is virtually a new book. Aldiss was born in Dereham, United Kingdom on August 18, 1925. From the earliest showing of Star Wars onwards, there has just been no stopping SF. Since an earlier version was published in 1973, science fiction has gained enormous popularity, not only in book and magazine form but in other media, most vividly on wide screen. Trillion Year Spree is the first book ever to present a comprehensive history of science fiction. ![]()
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